It’s been nearly seven years since I left California and created a series of blog posts of our trip east and what life was like in my new state. Seven years later, I have been transformed, but my long association with California remains. I only returned to California twice, both times just to the Bay…
Category: Our Amazing Cross-Country Road Trip
A Summer of East Coast Travel Part I (May and June)
I have just spent my second summer in Tennessee, this one travelling up and down and through the East Coast. Last year, I resolved to stay put in order to become acquainted with my new place. This year, almost as soon as our daughter graduated middle school, we took to the road. Our first stop…
You’re In The South Now
We’ve now been living in Tennessee for just over a year, and it’s beginning to feel more like home. I may be redundant, but it is still disorienting that we now drive to the family (in Columbus, Ohio and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) which used to fly out to see us, and I’m no longer busting out…
On Having Made It to Franklin
There comes a time when one tires of being on the road. Austin and Dallas were great, but as we pulled out, I also understood the satiric commentary in the Austin Lounge Lizard’s “Stupid Texas Song.” (You must look it up online — it is hilarious, particularly if you have been in Texas.) We met…
I Love New Orleans Cooking
Peter and I are both fans of Hell’s Kitchen. This week, New Orleans chef Robert was in serious threat of elimination and for the first time I was concerned. Because as much as we dislike New Orleans, Peter and I love New Orleans cooks. On our cross-country trip last year, I have to express again…
Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009
I have to say this year has been exciting, and at times spectacular for me. In February, I got to revisit Germany for the first time in many, many years. I had a great time, but I missed my family much more than I expected to. And one lasting part of the experience is that…
The Amazingly Rapid Economic Meltdown
Peter and I joked that the world could fall apart, but we were still going to continue on our trip. I have to say, at times, it did feel like the world collapsed in our absence. I knew Happy Happy Lenderman had left a path of economic destruction, at least in real estate, but I…
Our Amazing Cross-Country Road Trip
Just a week ago, we got back from our 31-day trip seeing our own country. I’ve been holding off blogging on it because frankly, getting it all in print, is intimidating! How do you write up a trip on which every day was a mind-blowing adventure? Eventually, I’m sure I’ll get it in, pictures and…